{"id":5573,"date":"2024-06-03T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2024-06-03T18:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/?p=5573"},"modified":"2024-06-10T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T13:08:03","slug":"bloomfield-library-catalog-merges-into-university-libraries-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/2024\/06\/03\/bloomfield-library-catalog-merges-into-university-libraries-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bloomfield Library Catalog Merges into University Libraries&#8217; System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant step towards resource consolidation and enhanced accessibility, the Bloomfield College Library\u2019s catalog has been successfully integrated into the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/montclair.on.worldcat.org\/discovery\" target=\"_blank\">University Libraries catalog system<\/a>, creating a one-stop book and media searching tool for both library branches. This project, aimed at unifying the resources of the two institutions, provides a seamless experience for all of our library users.<\/p>\n<p>The migration process involved the careful transfer and reorganization of thousands of records from the Bloomfield College Library catalog. This endeavor ensures that students, faculty and staff from both campuses, as well as the general public, will benefit from streamlined access to a comprehensive collection of books, media, and more.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Search the Library Catalog<\/h2>\n<p><iframe title=\"Video: How to Find Books in the University Libraries&amp;#039; Catalog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pF-LvxnCTbA?feature=oembed\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen style=\"width: 500px; height: 281px; border: 0px solid #000;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>New Feature!<\/h2>\n<p>As both library\u2019s books and media collections are now integrated into one system, you will notice a new filter on the left-hand side allowing you to select which campus library you would like to search. Alternatively you can search the default, \u201cMontclair State University\u201d, which contains items from both libraries.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/213\/2024\/06\/filters.png\" alt=\"catalog filters with montclair and bloomfield\" width=\"364\" height=\"184\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you have any further questions about how to use the newly merged library catalog, please reach out to the front desk at <a href=\"tel:9736554288\">973-655-4288<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:circreserves@montclair.edu\">circreserves@montclair.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a significant step towards resource consolidation and enhanced accessibility, the Bloomfield College Library\u2019s catalog has been successfully integrated into the University Libraries catalog system, creating a one-stop book and media searching tool for both library branches. This project, aimed at unifying the resources of the two institutions, provides a seamless experience for all of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":368,"featured_media":5574,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-features"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/368"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5573"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5601,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5573\/revisions\/5601"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}